Laichan Nayak was an Indian politician from

Koraput Koraput is a town and a Municipality in Koraput district in the Indian state of Odisha. Koraput town is the district headquarter of Koraput district. History The district of Koraput derives its name from its headquarters in the present town o ...

District, Odisha. he has won twice as a MLA of

Jeypore Jeypore is a city in Koraput district in the Indian state of Odisha. It was established by Vir Vikram Dev in the mid 17th century. Dev's kingdom was defeated by the East India Company in 1777 who declared it a Zamindari or Feudatory of the ...

in the elections of 1952 and 1957. In fact he was the first MLA from

after

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Early life and career

He was born in

in the district of

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

. Known as a 'Gentleman Politician' in

, he has been associated with freedom fighting movement and active politics since a very early age. He has also been working as an active worker of UTKAL SAMILANI. He worked for the development of weaker section and eradication of untouchability. He has represented the

constituency two times in the

legislative assembly and besides being the Leader of Dalits in the assembly had worked hard for the empowerment of Dalits and Adivasis. During his tenure many development works have been taken up and he worked hard in the field of education. He died in the year 1979 leaving his family members consisting of wife Smt. Kandrimani Nayak and a son Rama Chandra Nayak and also a daughter. His family members live in Laichan Nayak Marg, Bapuji Nagar,

References

1979 deaths People from Jeypore Year of birth missing Odisha politicians {{Odisha-politician-stub